77 Stillman Street San Francisco, CA 94103
- Compensation
- Competitive Salary & Stock Options
- Skills
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JavaScriptnode.jsredismySQLSQLHTMLAPI
- Benefits
- -3 weeks vacation
-Catered lunches, snacks, drinks
-A fun environment where people get the job done
Klout measures influence online. Our friendships and professional connections have moved online, making influence measurable for the first time in history. When you recommend, share, and create content you impact others. Your Klout Score measures that influence on a scale of 1 to 100.
Questions & Answers with Klout
What are the top requirements to qualify for this position?
1. Deep understanding of JavaScript.
2. Experience building massively scalable systems.
3. Knowledge in Node.js is preferred.
4. Must be active in social media: Facebook, Twitter, etc.
5. Minimum score of 10 on Klout.
6. We want want someone who wants to make a big impact on the world, and will live and breathe Klout. Everyone here shares that same passion.
Why is this position open?
We are expanding our products, and building tools to help users understand their influence.
We've got initiatives to go global with Klout, and to enter the mobile market in a big way. We believe we are in our infancy in those two areas.
We've got initiatives to go global with Klout, and to enter the mobile market in a big way. We believe we are in our infancy in those two areas.
Describe the current team this person will join, including the reporting structure.
This person will join the Consumer Products Team which includes Klout.com, widgets, mobile products, etc.
We currently have 5 people that report into the Consumer Products Team Lead, who reports to the VP of Engineering.
This team pushes the most code, and has the most immediate impact to the Klout brand and our customers.
There are daily scrum meetings and releases, along with weekly sprints.
We currently have 5 people that report into the Consumer Products Team Lead, who reports to the VP of Engineering.
This team pushes the most code, and has the most immediate impact to the Klout brand and our customers.
There are daily scrum meetings and releases, along with weekly sprints.
What percentage of the candidate's time will be spent on existing products/business, versus items that are new?
You must take responsibility for your product. We have a saying here that we want to "punch mediocrity in the face".
Taking responsibility means producing new work and maintaining the work you have already done.
Taking responsibility means producing new work and maintaining the work you have already done.
What challenges will this person face on a daily basis?
Coming to work here is going to feel like you just woke up from a slumber. We have friendly competition and an incredible team pride.
We are building products that affect people's lives. People are using Klout scores on their resumes, and we are teaching them how to increase their score. You see immediate results working here.
Our DNA is science and engineering. The engineers set the tempo and deadlines. As part of that there is a responsibility to deliver.
What we are doing is hard, because it is hard to measure influence. Thus, we have to keep refining our product to gain the trust of our customers.
We are building products that affect people's lives. People are using Klout scores on their resumes, and we are teaching them how to increase their score. You see immediate results working here.
Our DNA is science and engineering. The engineers set the tempo and deadlines. As part of that there is a responsibility to deliver.
What we are doing is hard, because it is hard to measure influence. Thus, we have to keep refining our product to gain the trust of our customers.
How are you positioned within the industry and what are your growth plans?
4,000 companies are using our API that hit us 10 billion times per month.
We are a social company that is consumer facing, with an enterprise focus as well.
We work with big data, and soon to be mobile and global.
Voted in Time Magazine's Top 50 Websites.
We are a social company that is consumer facing, with an enterprise focus as well.
We work with big data, and soon to be mobile and global.
Voted in Time Magazine's Top 50 Websites.
What is your business model?
We are currently generating revenue from Klout Perks and data sales.
Kleiner Perkins is backing us, and we are in strong growth mode.
Check out two additional videos here:
1. Wall Street Journal: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/10/26/video-the-measured-life-whats-your-klout-score/?mod=google_news_blog
2. Entrepreneur: http://www.entrepreneur.com/video/220031
Kleiner Perkins is backing us, and we are in strong growth mode.
Check out two additional videos here:
1. Wall Street Journal: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/10/26/video-the-measured-life-whats-your-klout-score/?mod=google_news_blog
2. Entrepreneur: http://www.entrepreneur.com/video/220031
Comments & Shout-Outs
Anonymous UserHow about remote working?2012-01-05 17:10:49- KloutWe have lost some stellar candidates due to our current policy against remote engineers. This might be something we change in the future, but we feel that culture is too critical for us to not have the entire team in the office.2012-01-06 12:06:01
- Anonymous UserNow everyone just needs virtual klout vs real relationships....Klout Thinking2011-12-02 16:22:41
- Anonymous UserI don't have a Klout score of 10 yet (because I don't do Twitter or Facebook), but my blog (13,000 monthly uniques) is under my own domain (not at WordPress.com) -- does Klout include WordPress blogs hosted under their own domain name? Thanks!
2011-11-10 11:44:50 - KloutUnfortunately, that's a huge signal that Klout is ignoring. We are working on solutions to this problem (Wordpress only authenticates under its own domain).2011-11-10 12:45:52
- Anonymous UserI've never technically worked in an Agile environment (though I believe in the methodology). How important is Agile experience to this Web App Engineering job? Thanks.2011-11-10 11:34:12
- KloutAgile experience is a plus, not a requirement. More importantly is the ability to communicate well, work with technical as well as non-technical folks, and can deal with changing requirements.2011-11-10 12:31:34
- Anonymous UserCan you describe exactly what type of knowledge or experience you want someone to have with Node.js?2011-10-28 11:29:08
- KloutHaving played with Node.js as a hobbyist would be good. A big plus if you have a demo app running somewhere. Direct Node.js experience is not necessary but you should understand scoping, javascript modules, and the callback pattern.2011-10-28 11:48:32
- Founder, CTO at KloutWe welcome your comments and questions about this awesome Web Application Engineer opportunity at Klout2012-02-27
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